THIS REGIMENT HELD THIS POSITION AGAINST REPEATED ATTACKS FROM 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M., APRIL 6, 1862. IT THEN ABOUT-FACED TO MEET AN ATTACK COMING FROM THE REAR, AND FOUGHT ITS WAY BACK TO THE CAMP OF THE 41ST ILLINOIS, WHERE IT WAS SURROUNDED AND CAPTURED AT 5:30 P.M.

TOTAL NUMBER REPORTED PRESENT FOR DUTY INCLUDING MUSICIANS, TEAMSTERS, ETC., 489.

ITS LOSS IN THE BATTLE WAS, 2 OFFICERS AND 15 MEN KILLED; 1 OFFICER AND 42 MEN WOUNDED AND LEFT ON THE FIELD; 33 MEN WOUNDED AND CAPTURED; 20 OFFICERS AND 366 MEN MISSING; TOTAL 479.

OF THE WOUNDED , 16 DIED OF THEIR WOUNDS; OF THE MISSING, 4 WERE NEVER AFTERWARDS HEARD FROM; THEY WERE DOUBTLESS KILLED; OF THE MISSING 71 DIED IN PRISON.